2013 Theme and track descriptions

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Theme

Approved Theme:
"Opening Minds to Open Solutions"

Subheading/strapline:
"Working together to support the academic mission"

 

Tracks

  • Developing
  • Using
  • Growing
  • Beyond
Developing

Creating, Designing, Planning, Deploying, Enhancing. This track is for instructors, software developers, system engineers, and anyone that develops solutions, content, or the platforms that run, connect, or secure them.

Using

Teaching, Learning, Practicing, Researching, Running, Consuming. This track is for sharing case studies, effective practices, lessons learned, or strategies to help your colleagues using Apereo software and other applications or services around the globe.

Growing

Advocating, Leading, Expanding, Governing, Connecting. This track is for promoting solutions, bridging communities, and increasing adoption of academic software, solutions, and practices.

Beyond

There are many ways to share knowledge and inspire solutions, and they don't always fit into tidy labels.  This track is for all other presentation proposals that go beyond developing, using, and growing.

 

Session Types

 

  • Track Session
  • Showcase Night/Reception
  • Birds of a Feather Discussion
  • Pre-conference workshop (half day)
  • Pre-conference workshop (full day)
Track Session

The conference session presentations will run for 45 minutes with an open format. Presentations can be information sessions, panel discussions, or other speaking events. For information sessions, we recommend 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes reserved for audience questions and answers. We DO NOT require presentations to center on Apereo products or projects. When developing presentations, please consider the issues, opportunities, and innovations that are most central to best practices and/or success in technology-enabled teaching, learning, and research.

Birds of a Feather Discussion

Please suggest a topic for informal collaboration and discussion. There is no need to prepare a presentation for these sessions. This is simply an opportunity for like-minded folk to meet and share.

Showcase Night/Reception

One evening during the conference community members will gather to eat, drink and share innovations. Please consider providing a demo of your work and discussing it with community members in an informal setting. The conference will provide a table and access to electricity and wifi. If you need additional equipment, please indicate so in the "Abstract for Review."

Pre-conference Workshop

Please propose an in-depth, hands-on workshop to be offered the day before the main conference begins. Workshops can either be half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours). They should be highly interactive, allowing attendees to explore, review, practice, or produce outcomes based on the topic and goals of the event. Please indicate whether the workshop will be offered for free or will require a fee. The typical fee is $150 for half-day workshops or $300 for full-day.

 

Level

Purpose:This field identifies the expected or recommended knowledge level of the attendee for the session.

  1. All
  2. Advanced
  3. Intermediate
  4. Beginner

 

Type - Audience, Project, and Interest

 

  1. Audience: Administrator/Executive
  2. Audience: Advocate
  3. Audience: Developer
  4. Audience: Faculty
  5. Audience: Instructional Designer
  6. Audience: Librarian
  7. Audience: Newcomer
  8. Audience: Other
  9. Audience: Student
  10. Audience: Technical/Functional Manager
  11. Audience: User Support
  12. Project: 2/3/98
  13. Project: Bedework
  14. Project: CAS
  15. Project: Incubator
  16. Project: Other
  17. Project: Portlets
  18. Project: Sakai CLE
  19. Project: Sakai OAE
  20. Project: Sakai OSP
  21. Project: Student Success Plan
  22. Project: uMobile
  23. Project: uPortal
  24. Project: OpenRegistry
  25. Interest: Accessibility
  26. Interest: Awareness and Advocacy
  27. Interest: Blended/Hybrid Learning
  28. Interest: Online/Self-Paced Learning
  29. Interest: CIFER
  30. Interest: Documentation
  31. Interest: Getting Started
  32. Interest: Identity and Access Management
  33. Interest: Integration
  34. Interest: Internationalization (i18n)
  35. Interest: Learning Analytics
  36. Interest: Media/Multimedia
  37. Interest: Mobility
  38. Interest: Security
  39. Interest: User Experience
  40. Interest: CIFER
  41. Interest: Shibboleth
  42. Interest: Central Person Registry
  43. Interest: Duraspace
  44. Interest: Internet2
  45. Interest: Kuali